1751, Sept. 23.
Ship Neptune, James Wier, Captain, from; Rotterdam, last from Cowes.
154
passengers
Includes
Adam Weiser
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index
Weiser,
Adam n.a.; Philadelphia, PA, 1751 7820 p260
Weiser,
Adam n.a.; Philadelphia, PA, 1751 9041 p466
1782 BENJAMIN
SALLUST CECIL, 280 acres ... adjoining Samuel Cecil, Jacob Anderson, Adam
Wysor, Joseph Cloyd and George Peck-Montgomery County Surveys
1795 ADAM
WYSOR, 400 acres, including 100 acres assigned by Peter Dinges and 100 acres
entry, 200 acres of Samuel Munsey survey made in 1782, on Neck Creek, a branch
of Back Creek, granted 1797.
1797 CHRISTOPHER
TRINKLE from Adam and Elizabeth Wysor, 180 acres on Neck Creek, part of a tract
of 400 acres.
1798 HENRY WYSOR from George Leepole, 200 acres
Back Creek corner Mathias Crumb.
The
Wysor Family in the Census Records
Wiser,
Henry 8-White 0-Black Frederick Co. 1782
Wiser,
Henry 8-White 1-Dwelling Fairfax Co. 1785
Wiser,
Michael 4-White 1-Dwelling 1-Other Bldg Fairfax
Co. 1785
1-W,
M 16-21 2-Blacks >16 3-Blacks <16 4-Horses, mares, colts & mules 5-Cattle
1 2 3 4 5
Wyser,
Jacob Self 0 0 0 1 0
Wyser,
Adam Self 0 0 0 4 7
Wiser,
Henry Self 0 0 0 3 8
Wiser,
George Self 0 0 0 1 4
Wiser,
Henry
Male 1-under 10 1, age 10-16 2, age 16-26 1, age 45+
Female 1, age 16-26 1, age 45+
1820 Montgomery Co., VA
Census
Wysor,
Henry, Sr.
Male 2, age 16-26 1, age 45+
Female 1, age 16-26 1, age 45+
Wysor,
Henry, Jr.
Male 2, under 10 1, age 26-45
Female 2, under 10 1, age 26-45
1830 Montgomery Co., VA
Census
Wysor,
Henry, Sr.
Male 1, age 20-30 1, age 30-40 1,
age 70-80
Female 1, age 30-40 1, age 60-70
Wysor,
Henry, Jr.
Male 1, age 10-15 1, age 15-20 1,
age 20-30 1, age 40-50
Female 1, under 5 1, age 10-15 1, age
15-20 1, age 40-50
1840 Pulaski Co., VA Census
Wysor,
Henry, Sr.-86, Revolutionary War Pensioner
Male 1, age 30-40 1, age 40-50 1,
age 80-90 4 Male Slaves
Female 1, age 30-40 1, age 50-60 1
Female Slave
Wysor,
Henry, Jr.
Male 1, under 5 2, age 20-30 1, age 50-60 9
Male Slaves
Female 1, under 5 1, age 10-15 1, age
30-40 1, age 50-60 7 Female Slaves
1850 Pulaski Co., VA Census
p. 249,
#382/395
Wysor, Benjamin
F. 37 M Lawyer $1500-Real
Estate
Harriett J. 24 F
Hugh L. 3 M
William W. 1 M
p. 257,
#491/506
Wysor, George
W. 33 M Farmer $3000-Real Estate
Margaret A. 24 F
James M. 5 M
Henry 2 M
George W. 6/12 M
Fleeman, Joseph 24 M Laborer
p. 259,
#512/527
Wysor, James 49 M Farmer $20,000- Real Estate
Farmer, Jamemia 60 F
p. 264,
#578/599
Wysor, Henry 63 M Farmer $15,000- Real Estate
Cynthia 62 F
Cynthia M. 22 F
Fleeman,
Harriett 15 F
Joseph 13 M
1860 Pulaski Co., VA Census
p. 697 Newbern P.O.
Wyser, Benjamin
F. 46 M Lawyer POB-VA
(all)
Hannah J. 36 F
Hugh S. 13 M
Wm. W. 11 M
Michael J. 9 M
Joseph C. 4 M
James H. 4 M
Nancy C. 1 F
Jordan, Eliz. 64 F
Jordan, Eliz. S. 20 F
p. 716,
#164/161
Wysor, George
W. 42 M Farmer $11,450-Real Estate $7900-Personal Property
Margaret 34 F
James M. 14 M
Henry 12 M
George W. 11 M
Emmale 8 F
John D. 6 M
Margaret H. 3 F
Ella W. 1 F
p. 752,
#407/408
Wysor, James 59 M Farmer $24,620-Real Estate $15,407-Personal Property
Farmer, Jemima 71 F Housekeeper 2,000-Personal Property
Farmer, Eliz’th 31 F
1860 Tazewell Co., VA Census
p. 835,
#1032/1006 Cedar Bluff P.O.
Wysor, James 36 M Farmer $1400-Real Estate $675-Personal Property
Mary 34 F
George W. 14 M
John W. 12 M
Henry F. 8 M
Eliza 6 F
Raphael 4 M
Rose A. E. 2 F
The
Weiser Journey to Montgomery County, VA
Adam Weiser (Wysor) arrived in
Philadelphia, PA from Rotterdam in 1751. By 1765, he was in Frederick County,
VA and in the mid-1780s he moved to Montgomery (Pulaski) County, VA. He is
another example of the immigrants who arrived in Philadelphia then moved into
Virginia by way of the Shenendoah Valley, the old Great Indian Warpath.
There
is a biographical sketch of the Wysor family in Early Adventurers on
the Western Waters, Vol. II by Mary B. Kegley stating that Adam Wysor immigrated
to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1751, lived in Frederick County in 1765 and
arrived in the Neck Creek-Back Creek area about 1787.
Adam had a survey made in 1795 for
400 acres of land on Neck Creek and sold 180 acres to his son-in-law Christopher
Trinkle when the grant was obtained in 1797.
This land was sold to another son-in-law, Jacob Peck, four years later
and yet another son-in-law, Jacob Anderson, lived nearby suggesting they all
migrated from Frederick County about the same time.
In 1804, a few years after Adam
Wysor died, Jacob Peck bought the rest of the 400 acres.
George and Henry Wysor, Adam’s sons,
bought land also in the Back Creek area; George 55 acres and Henry 420 acres
plus 120 acres by survey.
Ms. Kegley gives details from Adam
Wysor’s will, then discusses what else is known about George and Henry
Wysor. George, a Revolutionary War
Soldier, moved first to Pulaski County and about 1800 to Russell County and
later to Tennessee and Kentucky where he died.
Henry Wysor enlisted in 1776 in the
8th Virginia Regiment of the Line of Frederick County and served in
the Battle of Valley Forge and was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered.
John Carper (see the Carper section)
was a neighbor of the Wysor’s and testified to Wysor’s enlistment.
Henry Wysor eventually owned more
than 900 acres. Though the house is
gone, the family cemetery remains.
Henry died in 1844 and his son James received the 420 acres where Henry
lived. Another son, Henry Wysor, Jr.
lived in a house called “Wysorton” just north of Dublin, VA which was
considered haunted until it finally burned in 1979.
Excerpt from The
Darsts of Virginia
APPENDIX J
Wysor
I
Adam Wysor or as he originally
spelled his name, Adam Weiser, was born in Europe and came to America as a
participant in the great German-speaking migration of the first half of the
eighteenth century.1 Probably from the
Palatinate or one of the other south German states, he made his way to Rotterdam
and in the summer of 1751 boarded the ship Neptune, commanded by Capt. James
Weir. Sailing by way of the English
Channel port of Cowes, he arrived in Philadelphia, and took the oath of
allegiance on September 23, 1751. 2
Adam Weiser soon followed the other Germans who had settled the northern
end of the Valley of Virginia, and moved to Frederick County after 1765. 3 Weiser and his wife Elizabeth, and their
children lived in Frederick County until the middle 1780s when he removed to
what then Montgomery (now Pulaski) County, Virginia, in the southwestern
section of the great Valley, and settled about two miles north of the present
town of Dublin. Their property was on the waters of Back Creek, a tributary of
the Now River.4 The family name was anglicized to Wysor by the old pioneer as early as
1797, when the court records call him "Adam Wysor," 5 He died in 1804, and was buried, with his
wife, in the Wysor Cemetery near the present town of Dublin. Their field stone grave markers read merely
"Adam Wysor" and "Elizabeth Wysor.''6 Children of Adam Wysor:7
Henry Wysor, Sr., born April 15,
1755, Pennsylvania; died January 12, 1844, Pulaski County: Va. Married Barbara Ann Ripseed April 21, 1777,
Frederick County, Va. 8
George Wysor, Sr., born in Pennsylvania,
1765; died Laurel County, Ky., 1842.
Served in the Revolution from Frederick County, VA., and was present at
the seige of Yorktown. Moved with his
father to Montgomery (now Pulaski) County, Va., after the Revolution, and lived
on land adjoining his brother Henry, which he had bought from Joseph Cloyd in
1787. He moved to a farm on the north side of the Clinch River in Russell
County, Va., about 1800, and subsequently to Clarburn County, Tenn., and Laurel
County, Ky. He is the ancestor of the Russell County, Va., Wysors. Children:
Adam, James, George, Jr., Mary (Polly), Elizabeth. 9
Jacob Wysor, married Eve Helm,
Montgomery County, 1794. 10
Elizabeth Wysor, married in 1776 to
Christopher Trinkle, a Revolutionary soldier.
Came to Montgomery (now Pulaski) County, Va., from Frederick County Va.
, and settled near tier father about 1790. She
died about 1812 and was buried in the Wysor Cemetery. In 1813 Christopher
Trinkle moved with most of their children to Indiana.
Children: Elizabeth, Margaret,
Stephen, Frederick, Jacob, Henry, Adam, John, Mary (Polly) , Katherina.
Stephen Trinkle lived near Dublin,
Va. , and married Sarah Ellen Trollinger, and was the ancestor of the
Southwest-Virginia Trinkles, including Gov. C. Lee Trinkle of Virginia.11
Christiana Wysor, born 1760. Married
March 24, 1779, by Rev. George Mishler, at her Father’s home in Frederick
County, to Jacob Anderson, a Revolutionary soldier. They moved to Pulaski
County.12 Margaret (Peggy) Wysor,
married December 5, 1787, Montgomery County ,Va. to James Cecil, son of Samuel
W. and Rebecca (White) Cecil.13
Catherine (Caty) Wysor, married
George Peck February 20,1792, Montgomery County, Va. 14
Mary Wysor, married Elias
Shufflebarger September 21, 1791, Montgomery County, Va. He was a son of Jacob Shufflebarger's who
settled in Southwest Virginia by 1795 and
owned property on Walker's Creek and the “Sinking Spring” farm. Jacob Shufflebarger left two sons, John and
Elias, the former inherited the Walker's Creek property, and the latter
“Sinking Spring” near Dublin. 15
II
HENRY WYSOR, SR., son of Adam Wysor,
born April 15, 1755, 16 Pennsylvania.17
He was reared in Frederick County and married there 18 April 21, 1777
Barbara Ann Ripseed (born February 14, 1758; died May 10, 1837, Montgomery
County, Va.)19
Henry Wysor enlisted in Frederick
County in February 1776, and served as sergeant in Capt. Berry’s Company of the
famous "German Regiment” recruited in the Valley and commanded by the
distinguished clergyman Col. John Peter Muhlenberg. He marched as a part of
this unit to Jamestown, Va., thence to Halifax, N. C., then by water to
Charlestown, S. C. He participated in
the Battle of Sullivan’s Island, and back to Frederick County, Va.
Later he joined Col. Daniel Morgan's
regiment of riflemen and served as a sergeant under Captains Long and Knox,
during which time he was at the taking of General Burgoyne, at the Battle of
Valley Forge (Chestnut Hill) and in several skirmishes, and was discharged in
February 1778. In 1781 he enlisted again and served six or seven weeks in
Captain Bell's Company of Virginia troops, during which time he was present at
the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. 20 Morgan was “a neighbor and acquaintance” of Wysor's21 and while
in this command he was among the six ''crack shots" of that unit selected
to do special picket duty which required fine marksmanship.22
In one battle of the war, "he
ran out between the lines under fire in order to give a drink of water to a
wounded British soldier of the line against whom he was fighting, and refused
the gold watch of the wounded soldier proffered in return.”23
Wysor's uniform of the Continental
Army was still preserved by a descendant living near Dublin, Va., into the
early part the twentieth century,24 when it was burned in a house fire. 25
Soon after Henry Wysor’s return home
to Frederick County, he moved to Montgomery County in Southwest Virginia, along
with his father and his family,26 and relatives of his wife, whose name had now
been anglicized to Turnipseede. Among the latter were Wysor's mother-in-law,
the widow Eve Turnipseede,27 and his brother-in-law, Peter Duskin, who was
married to Sarah Turnipseede.28
Henry
Wysor settled on a large and productive farm adjacent to his father, just north
of the present town of Dublin in Pulaski County, which came to be known as
"tile old Wysor place."29 The
house on this property burned to the ground about 1900.30
Not long after his arrival in the
Southwest, the Revolutionary veteran was commissioned an ensign in Capt. Daniel
Howe's Company, Eighty-sixth Regiment of Virginia Militia on February 6, 1789.
31 Eventually he was
promoted to captain,32 and thenceforth was known as "Capt. Henry Wysor,
Sr."33 In 1794 he was appointed
one of the overseers of the roads in Montgomery County, with the mission of
keeping them in repair "with the usual hands.34 Capt. Henry Wysor, Sr., died January 12, 1844 at "the old
Wysor place."35 He and his wife
were buried in the Wysor Cemetery.36
Children of Capt. Henry, Sr., and
Barbara Ann (Ripseed) Wysor:37
George
Wysor, born August 14, 1779; died May 1803. 38
Mary
Wysor, born July 22, 1781;39 died October 17, 1856.40 Married in Montgomery
County, Va., May 21, 1799,41 to Peter Di1ls (August 4, 1779-January 27, 1853).
They lived at Clear Fork, Tazewell County, Va., and are buried in the old Dills
Cemetery.42
Elizabeth
Wysor, born December 27, 1783.43 Married March 28, 1807, Ambrose Grayson, son
of William and Rachel Grayson, Montgomery County, Va.44 Lived in Wythe County,
Va. 45
Henry Wysor, Jr., born August 7,
1786 46 Montgomery (now Pulaski County) Va.;47 died July 20, l859 48 at
“Wysorton," Pulaski County, Va.49 Married Cynthia Charlton, daughter of
John, Jr., and Nancy (Carter) Charlton, June 6, 1811, Montgomery County.50
John Wysor, born February 11,
1788;51 died July 1793.52
Catharine Wysor born October 9,
1790.Married (1) James Reyburn October 17, 1811;53 (2) Robert Blackwell. Lived at Fredericktown, Madison County, Mo.
, and then in St. Genevieve County, Mo.54
Jacob Wysor born September 22,
1793;55 drowned in New River, October 1819. 56
Married January 5, 1919, Montgomery County, Va., to Margaret Miller,
daughter of James Sr., and Margaret (Wygal) Miller.57 Ancestor of the Indiana
Wysors. 58
William Wysor, born June 16, 1797.59
Married Polly Miller.60 Lived at Cooke Settlement, Farmington, St. Francois
County, Mo. He died there in 1830 or
1831.61 I
JAMES WYSOR, born Jun. 18, 1801;
died April 1, 1868.62 Unmarried. Nettie
Wysor says of him, "This is the 'Uncle Jim' of whom so many unique stories
were told. His dogs, 'Jackie' and
'Buggiel were the understanding companions of his bachelorhood. Uncle Jim would buy up corn when it was
cheap, in order to sell it at that price to the poor, when it became
dear."63 Lived in Pulaski County,
and was a member of the committee appointed by the county court June 6, 1861,
to issue bonds in order that Pulaski could arm its militia and equip volunteers
for service to the Commonwealth.64
III
HENRY WYSOR, JR., son of Capt. Henry
Wysor, Sr., born August 7, 1786, Montgomery (now Pulaski) County, Va. Married Cynthia Charlton, daughter of John,
Jr., and Nancy (Carter) Charlton, June 6, 1811, in Montgomery county. 65
They lived at "Wysorton,"
a fine, prosperous estate adjoining his father's land about a mile north of
Dublin, Va., in Pulaski County. The mansion on this farm was "a large,
rambling, comfortable home of twenty-seven rooms" and six massive stone chimneys.66
Henry Wysor, Jr., was one of the tell men who laid off twenty-nine
lots on thirty acres of the land of the Hance family in 1810 and thereby
created the town of Newbern. He was one
of the first five trustees of the town along with Gordon Cloyd, James Hoge,
Jr.; Richard Guthrie, and Henry Hance.67
During the War of 1812, Wysor served
as Lieutenant “of Lieut. Henry Wysor’s and Capt. Samuel Graham’s Company,”
Fourth Regiment, Virginia Militia. He
was on active duty during 1813 and 1814.68
Later he was promoted to captain in the militia.69
Captain Wysor served as a Montgomery
County justice and constable. When the new county of Pulaski was formed in 1839
from Wythe and Montgomery, Capt. Henry Wysor, Jr., was commissioned by the
governor as one of the first “gentlemen justices" of the court, and in
1845 served as high sheriff.70 According to Nettie Wysor, "his grandsons
who were privileged to know him spoke enthusiastically of his mentality and his
magnetism.”71
Captain Wysor's wife, the former
Cynthia Charlton, was a member of New Dublin Presbyterian Church, and was
described by a contemporary as being "universally esteemed for her piety
& benevolence."72
Capt.
Henry Wysor, Jr., died at "Wysorton" July 20, 1859.73 His wife Survived him, and lived for a time
with her daughter Ella (Wysor) Darst at
"Ash Brook."74 She died at “Wysorton", January 14, 1866 as a
result of injuries sustained when she was thrown from a carriage. Both are
buried in the Wysor Cemetory.75
Children of Capt. Henry, Jr., and
Cynthia (Charlton) Wysor:76
Elvira Ann Wysor, born July 11,
1812, Montgomery (now Pulaski) County, Va. ; died January 22, 1869, "Ash
Brook," Pulaski County. Married John Chandler Darst April 9, 1835
Montgomery County. Lived at "Ash
Brook," Pulaski County;. See Chapter III, "Pulaski County: John Chandler Darst and His
Children."77
Benjamin Franklin Wysor, born
November 24, 1813; died May 26, 1864, Newbern, Pulaski County, Va. Married
Harrier Jane Jordan, daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Trollinger) Jordan.78
Graduate in law from the University of Virginia.79 He "was a lawyer and a prominent man, many years
commonwealth's attorney of Pulaski county, a member of the Constitutional
convention of 1850-1851, and a member, of the Secession convention of 1861 . .
. . he was shot of by Federal troops, at Newbern, Virginia, in 1864, just at
the close of the battle of Cloyd's Mountain, in which he had taken part, and he
died from his wounds on May 26, 1864.
He made a deep and lasting impression on the people of Southwest
Virginia, where he is still [1906} remembered with honor and affection . .
.''80 Governor Wise called him the
ablest constitutional lawyer of the state."81
Children:
Hugh S. Legare, William Wirt, Michael Jordan, Cynthia E., James Henry, Joseph
Cloyd, Nancy Carter (Wysor), Morehead Jordan, Belle, Betty. 82
George Washington Wysor, born July
12, 1817, Pulaski (then Montgomery) County, Va.; died October 1, 1883. Married
December 19, 1843 Margaret Ann Miller, daughter of James, Jr. and Hannah
(Wygal) Miller, Pulaski County.83 Lived
at "Walnut Grove," a farm of six hundred acres adjoining "Ash
Brook" and "Wysorton."84
He “…was a farmer of sterling
integrity, who loved his home and his own kindred intensely, and in whom this
love of his own people led to a deep and passionate feeling of patriotism
toward the people of his state and his native land. To an elder son, who in the
fall of 1863, advised him to invest his Confederate money in cotton, tobacco, coal,
real estate, and anything else which had intrinsic and continuous value,' he
said: 'That is good business but it is not patriotic, and he declined to take
action which would reflect upon the credit of the state and the Confederacy. After the surrender of both Lee and
Johnston, although an old man, he volunteered to go to the Trans- Mississippi
Region, to 'fight it out to the last ditch.
He never held public office, and
never sought it. Trusted by his neighbors,
he was made administrator of several estates, performing his duties admirably
and to the profit of those in whose interest he had been entrusted with the
administratorship. . . .''85
George
Washington Wysor was a member of Preston's Reserves, C. S. A.86 He and his wife are buried in New Dublin
Cemetery, Dublin, Va.87
Children: James Miller, Henry
Charlton, John Chandler, Robert Edward, Emma Clay (Wysor) Walker, Margaret Ann,
Ellie Webster, Elizabeth, Lucy Jackson, Mittie Lawrence, Nettie.88
Nancy B. Wysor, born 1819;89 died
September 9, 1860.90 Married George W. Baskerville, February 19, 1839. Her
husband died in 1849. She lived at Newbern.
Baskerville had come to Pulaski County from Cumberland County, Va., in
1826. He was a justice of the Pulaski
County Court in 1840.
Children: Cynthia M., Mattie, Henry,
John B., George Spencer.91
James Lawrence Wysor, born 1824;
died 1826.92
Cynthia Mary Wysor, born November
20, 1827; died February 13, 1894.93
Married the Reverend Isaac Newton Naff (October 6, 1817-March 12, 1900)
December 14, 1853.94 Lived in Pulaski
County. Naff was minister variously of Draper's Valley, New Dublin, Bell
Spring, and Dublin Presbyterian Churches in Pulaski County.95 Both are buried
in New Dublin Cemetery.96
Children: Fannie N. (Naff) Johnson,
Harry Wysor, Mary Eunice, George J., Edith E., F. J.97
Appendix
J Wysor
1. See Chapter 1, “Shenandoah
County: The Virginia Frontiersman,” for an account of the Darsts and the
German-speaking emigration from Europe and settlement in Frederick County,
Va. This account also applies in
general to the Wysors, who were among these emigrants.
2. Strassburger and Hinke,
Pennsylvania German Pioneers, Vol. I, p. 466.
For a discussion of descent from the German who arrived in 1751 versus
the popular belief that the family is descended from John Conrad Weiser see
Note 31, Chapter III, "Pulaski County: John Chandler Darst and his
Children.”
3. Nettie Wysor, “The Family of
Wysor," states that Henry Wysor, Sr., was born “in or near Fredericksburg”
in 1755. This was a typist’s error .
She later corrected some copies to read “Frederick Co.” Henry Wysor, Sr., in
his Revolutionary pension application, states that he lived as a boy in
Frederick County, Va., and enlisted in the Revolutionary Army from
Frederick. See Klingberg, Old Sherry,
p. 210. The Virginia birth date given
by Nettie Wysor appears to be an error.
His younger brother, George Wysor, born 1765, states that his birthplace
was Pennsylvania. Evidently Adam Wysor
and his family did not move to the Valley until after 1765. (See George Wysor Revolutionary Pension
application No. 511843, National Archives.)
From Virginia
Revolutionary War Pension Records
VIRGINIA SERVICE OF GEORGE WISOR OR WISER S 11843
George Wiser, resident of Claiborne
Co. Ten., Age 67
In 1832 applied and states he
resided in Frederick Co. VA spring of
1780 and was drafted for 3 months. That he belonged to Capt Stoneaker and Lt. Harskill, and ordered
to guard prisoners in Winchester barracks
and to conduct them to Lancaster, Penna and to place them in barracks
there.
While still residing in Frederick Co
VA was again drafted to 3 months under Capt. George Bell and Henry Gatlet,
marched to Yorktown under Major South Horn and he was ordered to conduct
prisoners to Winchester barracks, and his term expired and returned home.
States he was born in Pennsylvania
1765, now lives in Claiborne Co. Tenn.
Wm. Williams, clergyman
testifies as to character of soldier.
App. application for transfer to Laurel County
Kentucky, 1842 from Claiborne Co, Tenn as he was moving to Laurel Co
KY because he had a daughter and son-in-law in Laurel County Kentucky.
ANDERSON, Jacob
(Christiana). R. 184.
3 Sept. 1832. Montgomery Co.,, Va.
Jacob Anderson of said county., aged 74 on 5 July 1832, declares he volunteered
under Capt, Charles Thurston for six months in Frederick Co., Va. and marched
to Philadelphia and then to Trenton on the Delaware River. They then marched to
Lord Sterling's building on Bareshear Ridge where he was in two battles or
skirmishes, one at Piscataway swamp and the other at Quibbletown, N.J. He was discharged in April 1777.
He was drafted in 1777 for three
months under Capt. Helms and attached to Gen. Potter's brigade in Pennsylvania
at the west encampment on Chestnut Ridge near Philadelphia. He was discharged
there.
He enlisted under Capt. Gilkerson
for one year in the fall of 1778 and guarded prisoners in Frederick County under
Col. Smith. They later joined a troop of horse in Baltimore and marched to
Philadelphia where he was discharged.
He was drafted in 1781 for eighteen
months and hired a substitute but was compelled to give his obligation to Col.
Dark to fill the place in case it came to his turn to serve before he returned.
3 Sept. 1832. Henry Weson., Senr.,
declares that when he was going as a soldier in the army he met Jacob Anderson
between Philadelphia and Winchester returning from the army in the Spring of
1777.
14 Aug. 1832. Montgomery Co., Va.
John (X) Casper declares he knows Jacob Anderson served in 1776 under Capt.
Charles Thurston for six months. They both served in 1777 for three months
under Capt. Helm. Anderson also
enlisted under Capt. Gilkerson for one year in 1778 and guarded prisoners in
Frederick County.
The will of Jacob Anderson was
proved 7 April 1842.
5 Oct. 1843. Pulaski Co., Va.
Christina (X) Anderson of said county, aged 83, declares she is widow of Jacob
Anderson who died 21 Feb. 1842. They were married 24 March, 1779 at the house
of Adam Wysor in Frederick County by The Rev. George Mishler.
4 Oct. 1843. Pulaski Co., Va. Henry (X) Wysor, Senr., aged 88, declares he
was present at the marriage of Jacob Anderson and Christina Wysor at the house
of her father Adam Wysor in Frederick County in 1779.
25 Sept. 1845. Pulaski Co., Va. Mrs. Mary (X) S. Barger of said
county, aged 74, declares she was small but remembers the marriage of Jacob and
Christiana Anderson in 1779. It was the year her nephew George Wysor was born.
The people who came to the wedding, some in waggons, stayed until the next
evening. "My father lived in the country five miles from Winchester,
George and Henry Wysor, Margaret and Catharine Wysor, these were brothers and
sisters of us. I was the eighth child. My sister Mrs. Anderson was the third
child; my brother George was the next oldest; our father and mother's names
were Adam and Eliza Wysor. I was married In the year 1790 and was then 19 years
old; my sister had been married 11 years and had 6 children, the oldest of whom
was born about 2 years after her marriage; my brother Capt. Henry Wysor died in
the year 1844."
Will of Christiana (X) Anderson of
Pulaski Co., Va., was dated 10 April 1846 and proved 10 Sept. 1846. She mentions
the children of her deceased son George Anderson, the children of her deceased
daughter Nancy Shepherd., the children of her deceased daughter Susan Hues, and
her children Elizabeth Woolwine, Peggy Gray, Eve Songer, Polly S. Barger, Jacob
Anderson and William Anderson, but since she had been living with her son
William she left him all her estate and named him executor
10 Dec. 1857. Pulaski Co., Va.
William Anderson declares his father Jacob Anderson died about 21 Feb. 1842 and
his mother died about 26 July 1846. He applied for pension due his mother.
12 Dec. 1857. Pulaski Co., Va. Mary (X) Shufflebarger, aged 85, declares she is the sister of
Christiana Anderson. Some years after their
marriage, Jacob and Christiana moved to Montgomery Co., Va, with their family
(one of whom, William, is still living in Pulaski County).
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